Lucas Auroux
@aurouxlucas.bsky.social
Plant Genomics and Seed Biology AgriBio (@lewseylab.bsky.social) - Melbourne, Australia scholars.latrobe.edu.au/lauroux
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Lucas Auroux@aurouxlucas.bsky.social · 3w agoOur latest publication is out in Current Opinion in Plant Biology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We combined single-cell and spatial transcriptomic evidence, suggesting a cell type-resolved conceptual framework for understanding seed dormancy establishment, maintenance, and release.
Our latest publication is out in Current Opinion in Plant Biology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We combined single-cell and spatial transcriptomic evidence, suggesting a cell type-resolved conceptual framework for understanding seed dormancy establishment, maintenance, and release.
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👤 Student Rep Contribution: 2 Years Behind the Scenes. A reflection from @aurouxlucas.bsky.social (La Trobe), outgoing Phytogen Co-Editor & ASPS Student Rep for Vic on science communication, and building community through Phytogen and ASPS. Details: tinyurl.com/4vc2rvsh #AusPlantSci
Blog 2 — Australian Society of Plant Scientists
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Check out a recent publication from ASPS student member @aurouxlucas.bsky.social (LaTrobe Uni): Advances in seed omics Journal of Experimental Botany (2026). Congrats, Lucas! Link to paper : doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #AusPlantSci #SeedScience #PlantOmics #PlantGenomics #PlantBiology
Advances in seed omics
This review synthesizes recent breakthroughs in seed biology enabled by cutting-edge omics technologies, revealing molecular mechanisms controlling seed de
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IN BRIEF: Hidden gradients before form: a spatial transcriptomic atlas of wheat spike patterning (Min-Yao Jhu , Travis A Lee) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Hidden gradients before form: a spatial transcriptomic atlas of wheat spike patterning
Few sights are as emblematic of agriculture as the wheat spike—an elegant, lanceolate-shaped inflorescence that determines grain yield. The highly producti
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🌿 La Journée des Masters Plantes 2026 se tient ce mardi 19 mai à l'IBMP (Strasbourg) ! Au programme : blitz talks, témoignages de parcours & séminaire scientifique sur la polyploïdie des plantes 🌱 Venez nombreux ! #MastersPlantes #BiologieVégétale
Excited to share that I will be opening my lab this fall at the @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social in the Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences! I am looking for postdocs interested in plant biology, stress biology, and single-cell technologies. #PlantBiology #SingleCell #Epigenomics #Postdoc
Our paper on P limitation responses in hemp is out. Great work by former PhD student Ben Wee Y. @latrobe.edu.au We provide new insight into how hemp maintains reproductive growth and nutrient balance under fluctuating phosphate supply. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Phosphate availability shapes source–sink dynamics and nitrogen balance in dual-purpose hemp (Cannabis sativa L.): Insights from physiological and transcriptomic analyses
Cannabis sativa L., one of the earliest domesticated crops, was selectively bred into drug-type (high phytocannabinoid yield) and hemp-type (fibre, hu…
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Latest paper from the lab with several collaborators: We've built a four-dimensional spatial transcriptome atlas of barley grain development and germination, allowing detailed interrogation of where and when genes are expressed academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
A four-dimensional spatial transcriptome atlas of barley caryopsis development and germination
A four-dimensional spatial gene expression transcriptome atlas of Hordeum vulgare (barley) grain development and germination revealed tissue, cell, cluster
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Last night we unveiled the impossible. Now we invite you to check out Atera for yourself at booth #3217! Or, if you're not at #AACR26, register for one of our webinars starting 4/21 to get a deeper look into the future of #spatialbiology: https://bit.ly/4b5SnBx
Our paper on PacBio transcriptome assemblies for two drug-type Cannabis chemotypes is out. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Transcriptome assemblies for two drug‐type cannabis chemotypes by long‐read RNA sequencing
Generation of transcriptomes for two contrasting cannabis chemotypes by PacBio Iso-Seq serve as crucial resource for further functional studies. More than 50,000 transcripts covered 60% of gene loci...
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Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · 4mo ago🔬🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE EXPERT VIEW 🌱🔬 Auroux et al. synthesize recent breakthroughs in seed biology enabled by cutting-edge omics technologies, revealing molecular mechanisms controlling seed development, dormancy, and germination, with implications for developing climate-resilient crops.
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Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · 4mo ago📣 Check out JXB's newest Special Issue 📣 📘 Issue 7 of 2026 📘 🌱 Seeds: The Birth of Plant Life 🌱 📘 Guest edited by Christophe Bailly & Zsuzsanna Kolbert 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
FYI: New online! Gene regulatory networks: from correlative models to causal explanations
Gene regulatory networks: from correlative models to causal explanations
Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 09 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41576-026-00939-1In this Perspective, Maizels and Briscoe discuss the limitations of current models of gene regulatory networks and outline solutions to harness data abundance without compromising explanatory power.
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Our Expert View in the @jxbotany.bsky.social (bit.ly/47uMYTT) has found its place in the special issue "Seed biology: the birth of plant life" (bit.ly/47qcrxH). Thanks to all coauthors, @limcheeliew.bsky.social, James Whelan, and @lewseylab.bsky.social Made in @latrobe.edu.au and ZJU.
📢 Postdoc position in plant chromatin biology 🌱 (Strasbourg) Apply before March 30 🔗 www.unistra.fr/fr/recruteme... #PlantBiology #Postdoc
Understanding cellular diversity in plants latrobe.edu.au/news/announc... #latrobeuni via @latrobeuni.bsky.social
Understanding cellular diversity in plants
PhD candidate, Lucas Auroux, has recently published a chapter in ‘Guide to Plant Single-Cell Technology’, providing the first, up-to-date, detailed comparison of different approaches to studying cellu...
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Searching for a PhD? 🧬🌾 A fully funded 3.5-year PhD is available at @latrobeuni.bsky.social (Melbourne) to work on engineering transcription factors for better nitrogen use in plants! Reqd: ✅ Honours/Masters in Mol Bio, Biotech, or Plant Science ✅ Passion for sustainable ag Contact me for details
Check out the January 2026 issue of The Plant Cell from ASPB @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press ! academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience
Volume 38 Issue 1 | The Plant Cell | Oxford Academic
The Plant Cell publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, development, and evolution.
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Check out the December 2025 issue of The Plant Cell from ASPB @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press! academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience
Volume 37 Issue 12 | The Plant Cell | Oxford Academic
The Plant Cell publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, development, and evolution.
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Woohoo! 🎉 Our preprint is out! We studied an underexplored plant enzyme, ACC oxidase, and uncovered a new regulatory mechanism that controls ethylene biosynthesis. Huge thanks to all co-authors and to my amazing supervisors, Dr Ivanhoe Leung and @hikemaydon.bsky.social!🙌🌱
bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 8mo agoRedox-controlled dimerisation regulates ethylene biosynthesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692314v1
📢 Issue 22, our final issue of 2025, is out now 📢 🌾 On the cover: Heterosis has been shown to increase seed yield, produce bigger seeds, reduce germination time and make seeds more tolerant/resistant. See Belcapo et al. 📝 🔗👉 Read the full issue now: academic.oup.com/jxb... #PlantScience 🧪
I’m very excited to share that I have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant! @erc.europa.eu I’m deeply grateful to all current and former lab members, collaborators, mentors, and colleagues for their support. Looking forward to this exciting new chapter! #ERCCoG
🎉 Congratulations to our director Gwyneth Ingram, awarded the 2025 CNRS Silver Medal! A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding research in plant developmental biology. 🌱 👉 More info: www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite... 👉 Her profile: www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/...
Article #FocusSciences🎯| Gwyneth Ingram, biologiste végétale au @rdplab.bsky.social, tente de percer les mystères de la communication entre plante-mère, albumen et embryon 🌱
La graine, si petite et pourtant incroyablement complexe !
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Presented my single cell omics analysis work at the @asps-oz.bsky.social 2025 conference in beautiful Adelaide, Australia. Also happy to have co-chaired the ''new tech and AI" session with David Kainer. Research made in @lewseylab.bsky.social Thanks ASPS for the travel grant award.
Thank you Bao Yanran (BGI Group) for this opportunity to share my ICG-20 experience. The conference provided an invaluable platform to present my research and connect with brilliant scientists and leaders from China and around the globe. 非常感谢鲍嫣燃给我这次分享ICG-20会议经历的宝贵机会。 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTml...
ICG-20HZ: Faces of Innovation - Global Talent & Inspiring Connections
YouTube video by BGI Group
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My poster at ICG-20 (Hangzhou, China) won a prize and earned a 15-minute talk slot on the final day, where I presented my research on integrative single-cell, multiomics, and spatial transcriptomics analysis during seed germination. 1/3
Lucas Auroux@aurouxlucas.bsky.social · 10mo ago期待下周在杭州与全球基因组学界交流！ My poster on integrative single-cell, multiomics and spatial transcriptomics analysis during seed germination has been selected for exhibition at ICG-20 in Hangzhou, China (October 23-26, 2025, lnkd.in/gd__cUxs). 1/3
